Head coach Gautam Gambhir has called for more bounce and carry from pitches in home Tests, after India spent nearly 200 overs on the field across two West Indies innings on their way to a seven-wicket win in the second Test that ended on Tuesday.

India have responded to last year's 3-0 defeat to New Zealand by departing from the previous trend of square turners and moving towards pitches with greater balance between bat and ball. India made big first-innings totals in both Tests against West Indies, but while their bowlers got plenty of help from the Ahmedabad pitch for the first Test , they had to work extremely hard to take 20 wickets in Delhi, particularly after enforcing the follow-on.

"I thought that we could have had a better wicket here," Gambhir said in his post-match

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